spinning silver

dancing in the sun, PNE 2008

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:26:00 +0000

Thank you Cam for the beautiful photos. Thank you Ala Nar for the dance. I give thanks for sun, family, love.

(Cam Massey, photo credits).

yoga classes with nina d.

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:44:00 +0000

Join nina d. for Vinyasa yoga classes this fall. Vinyasa means “breath-synchronized movement” using your breath to flow from one pose to the next.

Thunderbird Community Centre 2311 Cassiar Street, Vancouver
Tuesdays, 8:30 - 9:30 p.m.
September 23 - December 9, 2008
To register contact TCC:
604-713-1818
thunderbirdcc@vancouver.ca
www.thunderbirdcc.ca

namaste

Come to the PNE this weekend!

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:42:00 +0000

Come to the PNE and see Ala Nar. We will be dancing on the Festival stage at 6 p.m. on Saturday, August 30th. Pray for sun!

Check out our new troupe website www.alanar.ca

remembering Kyoto

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:42:00 +0000

Today I remember Kyoto, little Kiki cat, August 1987 to
August 14, 2006.

new bellydance classes start Sept 23rd

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:39:00 +0000

Two NEW beginner Bellydance Classes with nina d.

Hastings Community Centre 3096 East Hasting Street, Vancouver
Mondays, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
September 29 – November 24, 2008 – no class October 13

To register contact HCC: 604-718-6222 hastingscc@vancouver.ca
NOTE: classes will be held at the St. James Hospice 660 North Penticton Street, Vancouver (between Wall Street and McGill)

Thunderbird Community Centre 2311 Cassiar Street, Vancouver
Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:15 p.m.
September 23 – December 9, 2008
To register contact TCC: 604-713-1818 thunderbirdcc@vancouver.ca www.thunderbirdcc.ca

new classes in Vancouver with nina d.

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I am teaching at two new venues this fall.

On monday evenings I will be offering classes at the St. James Hospice (a program offered by the Hastings Community Centre) and on tuesday evenings I will be teaching at the Thunderbird Community Centre.

Watch for details.

stones at avebury in the rain - my favourite

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:58:00 +0000

stonehenge

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:57:00 +0000

oxford

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:54:00 +0000

uk - walking paths

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:53:00 +0000

greece

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:50:00 +0000

my Dad

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:34:00 +0000

Gregory George Daniels
October 12, 1920 - April 28, 2008

With sadness and so much love.

Go gently Dad.

Ala Nar - 5 years!

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:28:00 +0000

We have been dancing together as a troupe for 5 years. To celebrate we are hosting another hafla at The End Cafe on May 9th. Come out and join us.

Giving thanks to the beautiful women of Ala Nar. nina d. xxx

dancing with the Boz

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:07:00 +0000

Leona and I had the joy of studying with Jim Boz when he was in Vancouver this spring. What a wonderful teacher and generous spirit.

Thank you Jim.

no looking back

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:41:00 +0000

ala nar

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:39:00 +0000

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:23:00 +0000

belly dance in Vancouver - you can feel spring around the corner

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:06:00 +0000

There are lots of events and workshops about to happen in Vancouver, B.C.:

- Jim Boz, Got Hips 2 workshop March 1st & 2nd at the Polish Community Centre, hafla at Kalypso Ouzeria on March 2nd - contact Faith 604-521-4703

- MEDA Grande Bazaar March 29th & 30th at Bonsor Recreation Centre, Burnaby - workshops, performances, consignment table and oh my, costumes galore - bring your piggy bank savings

- Bellydance Superstars are back at the River Rock Theatre March 21st and 22nd

- Jillina drum solo workshop and Sonia Latin fusion workshop, both March 23rd, Issam Arabic drumming workshop March 22nd - contact Venus Bellydance

- Sharon Moore of Infusion Tribal Belly Dance workshop April 5th & 6th at the Chilliwack Arts Centre, Spirit of the Tribz Belly Dance show April 5th
- contact Ahmileena 604-792-8923

Spring bulbs are pushing through the soil. I'm itching to study with all these fabulous teachers. Get out there and register.

nina

non stop bellydance

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:15:00 +0000

little dancers

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:11:00 +0000

2008

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:42:00 +0000

Hello dancers,

there are so many fabulous events coming to Vancouver the beginning of this year:

- workshop and show with Bozenka January 19-20
- Venus show featuring Bozenka January 20
- BDSS back in town March 21-22
- workshops with Jillina and Sonia March 22-23
- MEDA grande bazaar March 29-30

Let's light up the world with dance.

nina

it is fall

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:21:00 +0000

Autumn is definitely here - the red falling leaves and the fat drops of rain tell it all. And autumn means all kinds of belly dancing events in the air. Next up:

- November 11th Venus' non-stop belly dancing at Howie's Bistro
- November 25th Binet Rahma & Rahma Hadad at Dance Alsorts, Roundhouse
- November 25th Sarita's student night at Kalypso.....

whee...!

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:19:00 +0000

Thank you to Steve Terrell for the beautiful photos.

PNE 2007

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:46:00 +0000

Ala Nar and the umbrellas and Ala Nar joined by the lovely Masabo Dancers. What a rush.

kyoto - a year ago

noreply@blogger.com (nina d.) — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:45:00 +0000

A year ago today we said goodbye to Kiki and sent her on her path.

Such a little one, such a loving soul.

I feel you when you visit Kik.

xxxxxxxxx

"For an instant, I am absent, myself and my problems, my anxieties, my troubles: nothing but this wonder exists." - Krishnamurti